WSJ: UPS Gives Top Brass a Raise Despite Missed Targets   | by Paul Ziobro March 13, 2017 Excerpt: Top executives at United Parcel Service Inc. took home higher compensation in 2016 even as the parcel carrier missed many of its performance targets. Steven Hall, founder Steven Hall & Partners, a compensation consultant that wasn’t involved in [read more]

Honolulu Star-Advertising: Board directors at public isle companies are paid well for expertise, experience   | by Andrew Gomes December 15, 2016 Excerpt: Typically, director pay correlates with a company’s revenue, according to New York- based compensation consulting firm Steven Hall & Partners. Steven Hall Jr., a managing director with Steven Hall & Partners, said board directors at public companies are [read more]

Bloomberg: Palo Alto Networks CEO Sells $130 Million Stock After Record Pay   | by Anders Melin October 26, 2016 Excerpt: Palo Alto Networks Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark McLaughlin, the fifth highest-paid executive in the U.S. last year, sold $130 million of shares after the company issued its biggest-ever grant to keep him on the job. While selling [read more]

Bloomberg: ‘Earnings Hysteria’ Pits ISS Against Clinton and Fink on CEO Pay   | by Anders Melin August 23, 2016   Excerpt: Institutional Shareholder Services has unintentionally taken on Hillary Clinton and Larry Fink. At the moment, ISS is winning. The proxy adviser, whose customers control a combined $25 trillion in assets, has helped drive the trend toward rewarding executives [read more]

Bloomberg: Even Executive Pay Is Being Disrupted at Tech Giants Like Amazon   | by Anders Melin Excerpt: Paying in stock rather than cash helps boards align management rewards with performance and tying those grants to specific financial or operational milestones can reinforce that approach. Yet for businesses in hot industries like tech, boards may prefer plans that don’t [read more]